Panendeism

Quick meaning: Panendeism is a noun meaning (religion) A deistic equivalent of panentheism.

Meaning

(religion) A deistic equivalent of panentheism.

Example Sentences

There is something called PanEnDeism which perceives God or the Divine as being part of nature and somehow beyond the universe.

In this case, one possibility is that the deity is not fully 'consumed' by the creative process, and some remnant remains which can be described by panendeism, a conflation of deism and panentheism.

REP’s model is a variety of panendeism, which is a philosophical template that views reality as consisting of the physical realm and something else—a non-thinking trans-physical supra-intelligent kernel.

In my view, Pandeism and Panendeism imply nonetheless the same ontology. In both cases, there is only God and God is only cognizable to us in the form of the universe. The difference is merely epistemic: Panendeism suggests more explicitly that we, humans, cannot know everything about God; that there is always a part of God fundamentally beyond our cognitive capacities.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pan-deism, pandeism, panentheist, panentheism, pan-en-theism, pan theism.

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